Washing-machine



(No Model.)

WASHING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. MGFARLEN, OF GARRISON, IOWA.

WASHlNG-MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 272,292, dated Febriiary 13, 1883.

Application filed November 7, 1882. (No model.)

of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains-to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanying. drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines; and it consists in the com- I binationof a socket, which is secured to the Side of the tub, with an arm or lever having one end bent so as to pass into the socket, and a connecting-rod for uniting this arm and the rubber together, as will be more fully described.

hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to adapt the rubber to be raised out of the tub, and'be sup: ported upon one end thereot' while the clothes are being adjusted in position or the tub is be ing cleaned out.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention complete. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section'of the same. I

A represents the tub, whichis preferably made of'a semicircular shape, and B the rubher, which is provided with a' handle or lever, O, for moving it back and forth in the usual manner.

Secured to each side of the tub is a socket, D, and the arm F, which has one end bent vertically downward, is held in this socket, and has a vertical play therein.

Pivoted to the outer end of the arm F is the connecting-rod G, which has its inner end PIV' for washing the clothes,vand when it is desired The bottom of the tub will preferably be 9 made of zinc and covered with slats, and in order to allow the water and the dirt to always sink readily to the bottom without being caught by the slats two or more grooves, I, are made in the zinc bottom under the slats, so as to allow the water and dirt to always run freely to the center. There will also be a groove made in each edge of the zinc bottom to receive the semicircular bottom edges of the sides of the tub. These grooves will be partly filled with paint or white lead before the edges are inserted in them, and then when the parts are secured together a permanently water-tight joint is formed.

Having thus described my invention, I

1 claim- 1. The combination of the tub provided with sockets uponopposite sides, the arms which fit in the sockets, the connecting-rods which are fastened to the upper ends of the arms and to the sides of the rubber, and the rubber, substantially as shown.

2. A washing-machine having a ribbed bottom, and having grooves made in the bottom under the slats, so as to allow the water and dirt to run to the center of the tub, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflzlx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. MOFARLEN. 

